Are Racial Differences Hereditary?


CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.
I. ARE ALL BABIES ApPROXIMATELY UNIFORM AND EQUAL WHEN THEY ARE BORN?
II. THE MECHANISM OF HEREDITY.
III. ARE THERE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WHITE AND NEGRO RACES?
A. Non-morphological Racial Differences.
B. Intelligence Tests.
C. Race and Crime.
IV. PHYSICAL BASES FOR INTELLECTUAL AND BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES.
V. GENETICS, BEHAVIOR AND BREED DIFFERENCES IN ANIMALS.
A. The Findings of Stockard and Associates.
B. Relation of Morphology to Behavior Traits in Different Breeds of Dogs.
C. Physical and Behavioral Disharmonies.
D. Corroboration by Others.
VI. INHERITANCE OF INTELLIGENCE AND BEHAVIOR IN MAN.
A. The Genetics of Genius.
B. The Genetics of Crime.
C. The Genetics of Mental Abnormality.
D. Other Witnesses to the Hereditary Basis for Intelligence and Behavior.
VII. ARE RACIAL DIFFERENCES HEREDITARY?
A. The Origin of Racial Differences.
VIII. SHOULD WE PROMOTE RACIAL AMALGAMATION?
A. The Historical Record of the Negro Race.
B. The "Historical Accident" Explanation.
C. The "Hot Climate" Explanation.
D. Heredity vs. Environment in Negro History.
IX. A GUIDE TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND NATIONAL GREATNESS.
X. THE INFLUENCE OF FRANZ BOAS.

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